Safe Alternatives for Baby and Child

Deet, especially for our babies and children, is highly toxic.  So, being a nature loving family, we wish to use a safer alternative.

The great outdoors is a place where our young one’s mind can expand with the vastness of nature. Breathing in fresh air and experiencing the delightful array of unlimited possibilities that stretch from the grass on the earth, to the expansive vault of the sky is a gift we can give our children daily.

Don’t let those pesty mosquitoes hold you back from getting into the forest/jungle, enjoying colorful sunsets, or even picnicking in your very own backyard this summer.  OUR BABIES THRIVE FROM THE NURTURE OF NATURE.  Find a DEET-free bug spray, and get out in nature and enjoy!

What you need to know about deet, especially if you are a parent is this….

DEET is Toxic

Especially if you are using a mosquito repellent regularly, a DEET free choice is the way to go, no doubt about it!

Heavy exposure to DEET has been proven to have toxic side effects to humans such as:

• headaches
• weakness and fatigue
• muscle and joint pain, and
• memory loss.

Studies have also shown that DEET causes brain cell death and behavioral changes in rats after frequent and prolonged use. This exposure causes neurons to die in regions of the brain that control muscle movement, learning, memory, and concentration.

Our babies have such sensitive skin, and part of that delicate nature is that their skin absorbs topical treatments very effectively. Doubled with their developing nervous systems, applying a topical neuro-toxin is bad news.

Not to mention, what a bummer for our environment too.  DEET is toxic!

I want nature to NURTURE my babe, and deet definitely isn’t nurturing to her nervous system, it harms it!

Even in the jungle, this stuff worked for us!

All Terrain DEET Free Bug Spray

We put this DEET Free bug spray from All Terrain to the test in numerous ways.  A few respectable ways we did this was:

1. my daughter and I hiking through the jungle in Hawaii,
2. my husband cleaning out our really overgrown banana patch, and
3. my daughter playing in our backyard.

I call these respectable ways because in these instances mosquitoes are thriving, and biting!  BUT NOT US!  All Terrain kept those pesty, blood sucking mosquitoes at bay.

We used the pump spray application.  We simply spray it on and rub into skin so it is even and covers all her exposed skin.

These Natural Ingredients Are A Safe Alternative to Deet

All Terrain is 100% DEET-FREE; only natural ingredients used!  Their active ingredients are oils of citronella, cedar, peppermint, lemongrass and geranium.   The smell is strong, but my 3 year old daughter actually likes the smell and doesn’t mind it on her skin.

All Terrain’s bug spray has been clinically proven to be 100% effective for over two hours, 95.8% effective for three hours and 77.1% effective for four hours.

A 4 oz. spray is just $7.99, so go on, get out in the great outdoors!

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